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The government will place 6 new synthetic opioids under the strictest level of control.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Fifteen additional synthetic opioids are now under the strictest controls to prevent drug related deaths and ensure anyone caught supplying them faces tough penalties.
This page contains an overview of the Psychoactive Substances Act and supporting documents.
Fifteen new synthetic opioids and 5 other drugs will be banned as Class A drugs as the government continues to act to prevent drug deaths.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), working with law enforcement partners, seized more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines with a street value of more than £30 million during 2023.
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors.
List of controlled goods that follow the normal import declaration rules if HMRC apply continuity plans due to system issues.
From 8 November 2023 Nitrous Oxide is controlled as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and placed in Schedule 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
How to manage a temporary storage facility, how to handle goods, what records to keep, how to increase the size of, or move goods between facilities.
Following a review and consultation, the government has introduced regulations to extend the scope of the ban on combustible materials used in and on the external walls of buildings over 18 metres in height.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
A list of herbal ingredients which are banned or restricted for unlicensed medicines.
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